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£5000 per year awarded by the government
Students on the following courses will be eligible to receive this grant:
Students studying on our Mental Health Nursing and Diagnostic Radiography courses will also receive an additional £1000 per year from the government.
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£1000
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We are dedicated to supporting student athletes in both academic and sporting success through our Sport Scholarship programme.
The University is recognised by Sport England’s Talented Athlete Scholarship Scheme (TASS) as a Dual Career Accredited Site.
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Scholars must compete at one of the following levels:
Current and prospective students are encouraged to apply.
All sports scholars are required to engage with the program via a number of methods. These include:
For more information, contact sport@canterbury.ac.uk
Talented performers, composers or musicologists starting their degree in September 2023 have the opportunity to secure one of the below scholarships available.
Financial support for career development opportunities, including group and individual funding.
We work in partnership with The Archdeacon of Canterbury (Canterbury Cathedral) under the Article 26 Project to enable those seeking asylum to progress to higher education. To find out more, visit our Sanctuary Scholarship page.
Award
PhD Scholarship including:
Deadline
7 June 2024
Eligibility Criteria
Scholarship Focus
The scholarship will focus on: Exposure to light as a mediator of the impacts of circadian disturbances on behaviour and affective experiences
The alignment of sleep and circadian health with cycles of day and night plays a critical role in behaviour, cognition and mental health. The project builds on the current and previous work of the research team on sleep and circadian health in clinical and nonclinical populations. The project will be taking a broader view of sleep and circadian health (i.e., duration, efficiency, timing, alertness, and quality) across a combination of physiological, behavioural, and psychological markers.
The aim of the project is to explore the role of ‘exposure to light’ (environmental and seasonal) as a core mediator between the physiological changes in circadian rhythms and sleep and its impact on behaviour, cognition and mental health. The entrainment of circadian rhythms is achieved by environmental time cues (i.e., zeitgebers), physical and daily activities, social cues, meals, and work patterns.
By constraining the cycles of sleep/activity cycles, shiftwork represents a unique opportunity to explore the impacts of disturbances on the entrainment of circadian rhythms in sleep and circadian health. Furthermore, variations in exposure to light (e.g., light during the night, lack of light during the day) are recognised as key factors driving the misalignment and adverse health consequences. We are interested in melanopic lux, a new metric of the light captured by the retina in opposition to metrics that measure light in the environment.
The objectives of the PhD are:
The successful candidate will be aligned with the Health & Wellbeing thematic group of the School of Psychology and Life Sciences under the supervision of Professor Teresa C. D'Oliveira. Professor Sukhi Shergill (Kent and Medway Medical School/CCCU, King's College London) and Dr Philip Ulrich.
Interested applicants should contact Professor Teresa C. D'Oliveira for an informal discussion (teresa.doliveira@canterbury.ac.uk).
For any queries about the application and admissions process please contact Postgraduate Admissions pgadmissions@canterbury.ac.uk.